European Union cities are unlikely to meet stricter air quality and noise pollution targets in the coming years, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said on Wednesday, warning that both issues remain significant health threats.

Urban pollution continues to be a major environmental threat to health in the EU, warns a report published on January 15 by the European Court of Auditors (ECA). European cities are too noisy, and

European Union countries are likely to miss self-set targets for air quality and noise pollution in urban areas, a report published on Wednesday revealed. The EU is looking to reduce the number of people exposed to noise in urban areas by 30% until 2030.

Loud urban environments can have ruinous health impacts from sleep disturbance to cardiovascular problems, but lawmakers and local authorities are failing to take the issue as seriously as air pollution,